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- 01 Sep 2018
- News
After the Fall
traditional banks to one where non-bank financial intermediaries played a much more important role,” he says. These less regulated intermediaries, which included money market funds, hedge funds, and investment banks, relied heavily on View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
A Boomtown's Echo
we think peak production is likely to occur in 2016 or 2017—possibly sooner if oil prices stay low—and then trail off dramatically. And that understanding is so important because you’d behave differently depending on whether or not you believed it was a View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
I Gave at the Office
about your own internal motivations behind acting prosocially; giving in is acting prosocially but only because you feel obligated. There are tactics that you can use to increase giving in, in the short-term, but it’s always important to consider the effects of this... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
New Releases
orientation may allow important innovations to languish, leaving a void that more entrepreneurial companies in the same field may successfully fill. While keeping close to customers may be critical for short-term success, Christensen... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Case Study: On the Record
well as a strategic one. The tactical question is around the math of making added investments and the short-term impact it would have on more volume and perhaps more margin. Assuming the answer is a good one, the strategic question would... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Rwanda Provides Students with Hands-On Learning
Brazil and Costa Rica take place in March. This year, for the first time since the IXP was launched in 2007, an international program went beyond observing a country’s business environment and engaged in short-term consulting projects.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Predictable Surprises
how can a CEO avoid making decisions that favor short-term results, even if those choices lead to predictable surprises? What I would like to take out of corporate decision-making are situations where a special-interest group within the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Bad Times for Business
think more carefully about how they manage and organize themselves. Palepu: Paul, you spoke about the breakdown of checks and balances in the system generally. Can you elaborate? Healy: One thing that strikes me is the enormous pressure for View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Sam Hayes
could do one thing, I would eliminate quarterly reports. While I think the best market is a well-informed market, I believe we've created a short-term numbers game that plays to the darker side of managerial action, and is a negative... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Disaster Master
short-term objectives with long-term sustainability. The probability of disaster is relatively low, but the impact can be very significant, so you definitely have to be proactive by building awareness of risk, conducting annual risk... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 08 Jan 2016
- News
Investing in Sustainability
should be investing in ways that align with their mission,” says the former hedge-fund investor. “In that way, they can get both good returns and further their goals.” Tiller knows that his goals of changing the food and fuel sectors aren’t View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Keepers of the Flame
fast-forwarded on videotape," says Frazier. "Once established, the organization embarks on an evolutionary development process where management responsibilities frequently change. In part because of its short-term and pressure-packed... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Social Investing Pioneers
brokered creation of the first social impact bond, which supports a program to reduce reoffending rates among former inmates of Her Majesty’s Prison Peterborough, a facility 75 miles north of London housing short-term offenders. The bond... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Democratizing Funding, Diversifying Funders
Alvaro Dominguez Alvaro Dominguez In early 2018, a New York startup called Roomi opened itself up to the type of investors known by Wall Street traders as “mom-and-pop investors,” although an IPO was nowhere in sight. The company, which links roommates for View Details
Keywords: Sasha Issenberg
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Addressing The Financial Security Gap
initiative helps organizations create short-term financial stability for vulnerable workers and communities. FINANCE AND THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY READ MORE STORIES FINANCE AND THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY READ MORE STORIES Ackerley cites a Pew... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 14 Jul 2021
- News
The First Five Years: Nicolas Manes (MBA 2020)
from small- and medium-sized farms and ship it to our warehouses, where we prepare the orders. After the order is prepared, we ship the orders using a decentralized network of drivers to the group buyers, who handle the last-mile-delivery logistics.” What are your... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Big Business of Little Loans
Banks. Amid the excitement, abuses have also appeared, with some online lenders reportedly charging as much as 50 percent in interest on some short-term loans. It’s been enough to attract the attention of regulators, with everyone from... View Details
Keywords: Nancy Miller
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Microfinance's Big Payoff: Michael Chu and ACCION International
short-term business loans to the self-employed poor. Chu, a native of China, grew up in Montevideo, Uruguay. After graduating from Dartmouth and HBS, he held senior management positions with several firms, including The Boston Consulting... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Redefining Success: Women & Work.
St. Louis, albeit briefly, since her position was phased out while she was on maternity leave. She then took a short-term consulting job, followed by three months off from working. Now considering the pros and cons of rejoining the... View Details
- 02 Nov 2020
- News
The First Five Years: Julianne White (MBA 2017)
What are your short- and long-term goals at GBFB? “My short-term goal is simple: keep the food coming. The Food Acquisition team is responsible for all food sourcing activity (including food purchasing and managing donations) for the... View Details